Dodds calls Brown rumors ‘absolutely false’

One day after Brown said he plans “to coach a long time,” UT athletic director DeLoss Dodds said any reports of Brown stepping down or being forced out of his job with the Longhorns are “absolutely false.”

Dodds, reached Sunday evening via cell phone from New York, where he and Brown are attending a Football Foundation function, said he fully expects UT’s 14-year coach to be back for a 15th season.

“He’s enthusiastic about the future, as am I,” Dodds said. “We’re in a good place.”

On Thursday, a radio host from Topeka, Kan., posted on Twitter that Brown would step down after Saturday’s Baylor game. Sunday, the operator of the site “Sports by Brooks” posted a Twitter message citing sources saying Brown will be forced out.

Dodds said those rumors “are all just somebody making things up.”

Saturday night, Brown joked there would probably be more rumors after UT lost 48-24 to Baylor, but added, “I plan to coach a long time.”

“When I do retire, it won’t come from a (tweet) in Topeka, Kan.,” Brown said.